An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced a bill that which would create the state’s first systematic K-8 math intervention program, modeled on Read to Achieve.
Jackson residents view the federal indictment on their mayor as an attack on them.
The death went unreported before he was buried.
Despite the Senate's inaction, Black Voters Matter and allied organizations continue to caravan through the south to Washington, D.C., raising awareness around voting rights, election reform, and D.C. statehood.
On April 6, Tishaura Jones became the first Black woman elected mayor of St. Louis.